Even Indira’s Emergency Was Popular Initially: Swamy on Note Ban

He also launched a scathing attack on the Finance Minister and his “terrible implementation of demonetisation”.

BJP Leader Subramanian Swamy. (Photo: Reuters)

Political correctness or party affiliation has never stopped Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy from converting his thoughts into unfiltered words.

Going against his party, Swamy has derided the government’s demonetisation move in the past and speaking at the ABP News ‘Shikhar Sammelan’ on Friday, he made his stance clear by saying that if Prime Minister Modi doesn’t resolve the currency chaos, the popular mood will soon turn against the government.

After all, for first 6 months Mrs Gandhi’s Emergency was popular. And then popular mood turned against her.

BJP MP Subramanian Swamy

He launched a scathing attack on Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and the “terrible implementation of demonetisation” by him as well.

Implementation of demonetisation by the Finance Minister has been extremely poor and tardy. No preparation was done at all.

Subramanian Swamy

Answering a question about the animosity between him and Jaitley, Swamy said he doesn’t have any issues with him and added:

He says I don’t listen to anyone. I only listen to gyanis, not fools. When he stops talking behind my back, our issues will resolve.

Further, he also said that the country needs an economist as the Finance Minister, “not someone who says 2+2=4”.

Admitting that he didn’t get the ticket from Delhi because of Jaitley, he said if the minister stops opposing him, they can work together.

The BJP leader stressed that Prime Minister Modi must immediately set up a crisis management team to handle the demonetisation issue. However, he added that even though people are troubled, it won’t have a negative impact on the 2019 elections.

(Source: ABP News)